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Irving Camera

Scovill & Adams catalog, 1892, p. 22

6½x8½

Date Introduced: June, 1890 ; Years Manufactured: 1890-c.1900
Construction: bed moves through base to focus via rack and pinion (gears internal to base); single swing; reversing by removable back; three-piece lensboard
Materials: mahogany body; mahogany base; red leather bellows; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 5x7; 5x8; 6½x8½; 8x10; 10x12; 11x14; 14x17; 17x20; 18x22
Notes: The Irving is an English Compact-style, like the Albion. Its unique feature is a lightweight plastic view screen instead of ground glass (advertised as a desirable feature in the catalogs).

References:
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), distributed by Horgan, Robey & Co. (Boston, MA), June 1891, p. 22
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1893, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1892, ads p. 99
How to Make Photographs and Descriptive Price List, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), January 1892, p. 22
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1893, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1892, ads p. 84
The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1894, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1893, p. 52
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1895, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1894, ads p. 87
How to Make Photographs and a Descriptive Catalogue of Photographic Materials Illustrated, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1896, p. 36
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1897, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1896, p. lxv
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1899, The Scovill & Adams Co. (New York, NY), 1898, p. liv
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1900, The Scovill & Adams Co., 1899, ads p. xcv

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